Medicine

Medicine has always been such a diverse field of work you forget that there is another type of medicine, with the brief history of osteopathic medicine, then just the run down of the doctor who invented it and lastly the school of medicine where I'd like to finish my career and begin my osteopathic one. Osteopathic medicine came to be from a philosophy from Andrew Still after family hardships. After he served in the Union army during the war as a hospital steward, later after the war his wife…

Humanity has come to evolve and prosper with the aid of medicine. Medieval Islamic Medicine, written by Peter E. Pormann and Emilie Savage-Smith, portrays the causes and effects medicine has on a civilization. The authors focused on two main questions when creating their work: how did Islamic medicine develop and evolve during medieval times and what impact did the development of medieval Islamic medicine have on societies? The authors formulated their arguments around the purpose of the…

size fits all” prescribing and treatment methods of current day medicine are no longer adequate. Therefore, in 2015, precision medicine was recognized by President Barack Obama as a key initiative for the United States and funded with a $250 million budget. Personalized medicine (or precision medicine) is an approach to detecting, managing and ultimately…

In 1986 the Chinese Association of Emergency Medicine was established and brought about three specific areas in emergency care; prehospital medicine, emergency medicine and critical care medicine which differs from China’s current model of emergency medicine (China’s emergency medicine, 2011, p. 286). Prior to 1986 emergency medicine consisted of practitioners for medical subspecialties to deliver emergency care but only in their own area…

The integration of basic science with clinical medicine first caught my attention during preclinical physiopathology courses. It was however not until after a few months of clinical clerkship that I was able to fully appreciate the role of Internal Medicine as the backbone of medical sciences. I vividly remember how one of medical school mentors always told me that “an internist always investigates.” Internal medicine physicians rarely have the luxury of providing a quick cure for…

Due to the complex nature of the issue and that I found many people would not know how to answer an unscripted interview based on Indigenous medicine, I revalued my methodology and decided to create a survey to answer my research question. A survey can present both quantitative and qualitative data, which made it both easier for me as a researcher to interpret participant’s answers and for participants to answer with whatever level of knowledge they had. The Basis of my research is around Trent…

get involved in the pre-medicine program, receive more help in a small class size, and be far away from home due to a few personal problems. However, my experience at the University of San Francisco was not like how I imagined such as being comfortable in a classroom environment of fewer than 30 students and being passionate about the classes I am currently taking. I imagined that I could find my place here as well as be able to do hands-on training for the pre-medicine program. I was not able…

I am eagerly looking forward to a career in family medicine. The very first time that I developed a penchant for family medicine was during my clinical rotations in China .Throughout my clinical rotations there, I came across countless clinicians who not only were well-learned and experienced, but also very much willing to guide and mentor students like myself. Someone who stood out amongst them was Dr. Xiu, an family practioner at Tianjin Medical University General Hospital. In him I saw…

The last leg of the race was arduous to say the least but I pulled through and never gave up. My drive and determination to succeed gave me the strength to do so. A specific event that contributed to my decision to pursue a residency in family medicine occurred during clerkship. I was taking care of a young woman, diagnosed with lymphoma. The tumor grew to about the size of a cantaloupe encircling her entire neck. I asked why it took her so long to seek medical attention. She said that she was…

influence. In the struggle for a place in science and medicine, men have always proved to be more triumphant candidates. This shows that gender influenced one’s ability to participate in science, and determined what opportunities could be gained. (Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English 1973) To the disadvantage of females, barriers have been erected on both conscious and subconscious levels; to diminish their contributions and role in science and medicine. These barriers can be considered…